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Historical Event on 5/20/1999

The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
3/29/1932Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.