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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
8/20/1974Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
11/13/1999Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar.
8/29/1982Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
7/16/1996Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
3/17/1882Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
8/1/1996Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.