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Historical Event on 5/20/1940
Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/29/1984 | Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 2/24/2000 | The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise. |
| 1/6/1832 | Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
| 6/14/1947 | Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India. |
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