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Historical Event on 7/20/1969

M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
8/16/1994Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
8/9/1969Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.