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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
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.