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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
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
12/11/1999Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.