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Historical Event on 5/22/1953
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1989 | India and Pakistan sign three agreements. |
| 3/4/1925 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 11/6/1962 | National Defence Council established. |
| 2/17/1998 | Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna. |
| 11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
| 6/5/1879 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra. |
| 7/1/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
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