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Historical Event on 8/20/1979

Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.