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Historical Event on 5/12/1999

Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
11/10/1848Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
8/8/1968Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
9/25/1928Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.