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Historical Event on 5/20/1957

Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1963Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.