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Historical Event on 5/20/1940
Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1994 | India signed `GAT' agreement. |
| 11/8/1965 | British Indian Ocean Territory formed. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 2/9/1989 | Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident. |
| 5/7/1991 | Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs. |
| 3/10/1969 | Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union. |
| 8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
| 1/11/1921 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 4/8/1923 | Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
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