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Historical Event on 8/20/1974

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
8/11/1922Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
1/5/1982C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.