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Historical Event on 5/20/1776

Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.