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Historical Event on 8/20/1979

Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
8/28/1997Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
2/21/1991Nutan, famous film actress, died at the age of 56 years.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999