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Historical Event on 5/20/1972
Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1994 | G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi. |
| 6/9/1994 | Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70. |
| 10/10/1964 | Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 7/1/1927 | Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 11/1/1973 | Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka. |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 3/30/1999 | Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam. |
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