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Historical Event on 8/20/1979
Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 10/10/1906 | Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 3/29/1992 | The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
| 7/31/1919 | Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda. |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 9/21/1933 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
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