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Historical Event on 5/20/1900

Sumitranandan Pant was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
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