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Historical Event on 5/12/1906

Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.