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Historical Event on 5/20/1965
Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/5/1998 | India and Pakistan agree to continue their talks on the Tulbul navigator project on the Jhelum in Kashmir, despite differences over various provisions of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. |
7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
11/16/1988 | India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. |
9/21/1962 | Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident. |
10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
6/25/1998 | Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
12/17/1991 | Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed. |
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