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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
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
6/15/1899Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.