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Historical Event on 5/12/1984
Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
4/3/1914 | Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
12/22/1751 | Battle of Mandavgargh. |
12/9/1997 | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
12/24/2000 | The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR. |
4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
1/11/2000 | Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances. |
9/3/1993 | Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat. |
4/14/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi. |
7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
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