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Historical Event on 5/20/1900
Sumitranandan Pant was born.
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| 1/1/1994 | Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. |
| 1/1/1994 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 12/14/1998 | The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 10/12/1997 | India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title. |
| 1/24/1951 | Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi. |
| 5/14/1998 | India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister. |
| 6/20/1992 | CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
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