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Historical Event on 12/5/1931
Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1981 | Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children. |
| 8/20/1997 | Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate. |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/5/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies. |
| 11/8/1893 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
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