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Historical Event on 5/20/1900
Sumitranandan Pant was born.
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| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 2/26/1972 | President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi. |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 8/6/1994 | Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust. |
| 9/30/1996 | Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 9/13/1996 | Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 1/6/1979 | Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba. |
| 9/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 5/19/1954 | The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
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