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Historical Event on 5/12/1937

George VI is crowned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.