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Historical Event on 12/5/1950

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
5/27/1952The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
3/9/1858Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.