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Historical Event on 5/12/1993
Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 10/27/1973 | The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala. |
| 5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 7/18/1998 | The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat. |
| 1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
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