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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 |
| 12/16/1999 | Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites. |
| 1/31/1997 | Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996. |
| 12/15/1992 | BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed. |
| 5/17/1857 | Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 1/31/1896 | Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
| 7/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
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