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Historical Event on 5/29/1953
Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1953 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 11/27/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar, 19 years and 22 days old, becomes the youngest cricketer to make 1,000 test runs while playing in Johannesburg. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 4/12/1991 | Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred. |
| 1/23/1993 | British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit. |
| 10/5/1907 | British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
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