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Historical Event on 6/2/1953

Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m.

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8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
10/15/1946Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government.
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
10/5/1932Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.