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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 |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
| 1/25/1980 | Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc. |
| 6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 9/7/1906 | Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered. |
| 3/25/1916 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 4/30/1863 | Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
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