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Historical Event on 8/20/1979

Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
5/2/1954Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
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