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Historical Event on 5/20/1677
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
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| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 2/10/1982 | K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away. |
| 5/9/1992 | Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
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