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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
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.