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Historical Event on 5/20/1900
Sumitranandan Pant was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1997 | I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 3/20/1926 | For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London. |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 5/15/1995 | PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
| 11/5/1996 | Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress. |
| 7/15/1993 | JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC. |
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