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Historical Event on 4/20/1965

First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.