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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 |
| 10/13/1877 | Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 10/30/1928 | Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai. |
| 12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
| 6/17/1917 | Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. |
| 6/22/1897 | The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter. |
| 7/5/1857 | Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 2/18/1899 | Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954. |
| 6/28/1857 | Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor. |
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