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Historical Event on 5/20/1972

Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
1/22/1997Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.