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Historical Event on 5/22/1953
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
| 9/27/1989 | Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 4/2/1991 | Haryana Governor recommends President's rule. |
| 2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 4/6/1955 | Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died. |
| 4/6/1955 | Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab. |
| 3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
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