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Historical Event on 8/20/1979

Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
3/30/1996Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
5/3/1936Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.