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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 |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 3/14/1997 | Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
| 3/23/1986 | The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur. |
| 5/6/1971 | India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war. |
| 2/28/1968 | International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery. |
| 1/25/1948 | French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament. |
| 7/12/1996 | Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
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