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Historical Event on 5/12/1987

Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
5/29/1952The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
7/27/1914Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.