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Historical Event on 8/20/1979

Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1979Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
4/6/1956Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.