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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
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
10/26/194627 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.