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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
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.