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Historical Event on 10/20/1997

Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
11/29/1999Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.