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Historical Event on 12/5/1872

Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
10/5/1805Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.