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Historical Event on 4/20/1965

First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.