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Historical Event on 5/20/1957
Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1950 | King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 1/21/1961 | Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1990 | General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff. |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 8/14/1942 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts. |
| 7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
| 9/29/2000 | The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol). |
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