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Historical Event on 5/20/1776
Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 11/5/1990 | Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 12/5/1946 | Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
| 2/6/1950 | N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 9/16/1932 | Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize. |
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