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Historical Event on 12/5/1959

K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).