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Historical Event on 12/5/1898
Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
| 2/20/1993 | Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 6/14/1985 | M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985. |
| 5/9/1997 | Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar. |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 1/1/1950 | Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai. |
| 3/5/1961 | Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/1/1998 | P. Subramaniam Poti (75), former Chief Justice of Kerala and Gujarat High Court, dies of a heart attack. |
| 1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
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