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Historical Event on 5/12/1952

Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.