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Historical Event on 12/5/1931

Gandhiji leaves England for India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.