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Historical Event on 5/20/1957

Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.