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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
6/12/2000The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
11/5/1906Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.