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Historical Event on 8/20/1969

Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.