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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
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
3/27/1989T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
3/25/1931Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.