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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 |
2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
6/5/1973 | Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away. |
1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
12/3/1889 | Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal. |
1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
6/8/2000 | Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa). |
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