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Historical Event on 12/5/1991

The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
3/25/1971Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.