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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 |
| 9/24/1999 | India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
| 9/26/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta. |
| 6/23/1757 | The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal. |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
| 1/5/1952 | Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
| 1/25/1976 | Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland. |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
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