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Historical Event on 12/5/1950
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1994 | Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 11/19/2000 | Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong. |
| 5/21/1999 | A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State. |
| 1/27/1948 | Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/15/1783 | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals. |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 4/10/1930 | Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. |
| 5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
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