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Historical Event on 05/20/1378
Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
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| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 3/28/1986 | Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India. |
| 3/15/1998 | Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government. |
| 10/3/1907 | Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born. |
| 12/17/1998 | P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/8/1673 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala. |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 3/2/2000 | Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
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