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Historical Event on 4/20/1965

First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.