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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
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
12/24/1809Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.