| 18- August-1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
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| 20- August-1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
| 22- August-1979 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government. |
| 31- August-1979 | M. Hidayatullah, consensus choice of political parties, appointed as Vice-President of India (1979 - 1984). |