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Historical Event on 3/20/1993

Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
6/3/1947Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.
6/27/1917Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.