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Historical Event on 8/20/1955

Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.