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Historical Event on 5/20/1878

Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
11/16/1990Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
5/9/1908Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born.
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.