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Historical Event on 5/20/1878

Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
3/26/1991Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S).
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.