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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
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
4/4/1999India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta.