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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 |
| 10/28/1991 | Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 4/28/1952 | The war between Japan and India ended. |
| 10/11/1923 | Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 9/25/1936 | Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
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