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Historical Event on 8/20/1955

Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.