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Historical Event on 5/20/1996

CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
11/5/1990Janata 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.
3/31/1843Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
9/23/1990World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.