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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
4/3/1994Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.