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Historical Event on 5/22/1953

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
1/6/1989Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.