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Historical Event on 5/12/1998
Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/12/1998 | While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River. |
6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
2/24/1786 | Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India. |
11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
6/1/1842 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born. |
1/7/1990 | President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government. |
2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
5/5/1947 | Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
5/5/1947 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
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