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Historical Event on 5/20/1750
Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
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| 3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 1/27/1970 | Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 12/23/1972 | Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi. |
| 12/25/1979 | Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur. |
| 12/25/1979 | Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
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