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Historical Event on 5/12/1997

Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
12/24/1973E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.