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Historical Event on 5/20/1972

Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.
7/9/1979Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away.
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.