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Historical Event on 5/12/1923
Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 11/30/1994 | Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 2/14/1952 | Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana). |
| 2/14/1952 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
| 6/9/2000 | The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
| 3/15/1998 | Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government. |
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