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Historical Event on 7/20/1955

Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.