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Historical Event on 5/7/1912

Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
2/3/1994Akash' missile launched successfully.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
4/24/1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.