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Historical Event on 5/20/1940
Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 12/28/1990 | Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India. |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 5/15/1992 | CBI begins probe into the security scam. |
| 5/15/1992 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 4/13/1699 | Khalsa Panth established. |
| 1/1/1975 | Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 12/24/1921 | Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest. |
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