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Historical Event on 12/5/1991

The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
12/29/1938Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74.