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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
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
7/5/1994Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.