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Historical Event on 5/20/1972

Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.

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8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
1/12/2000Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
12/26/1921Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P).
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
6/1/1997New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.