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Historical Event on 5/29/1953
Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 4/22/1930 | Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts. |
| 4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
| 4/20/1930 | Origin of Fasli Era (India). |
| 2/3/1928 | Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune. |
| 5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 4/12/1873 | Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
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