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Historical Event on 5/20/1776

Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1919Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.