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Historical Event on 12/5/1872
Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 1/21/1999 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
| 7/31/1992 | Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died. |
| 7/12/1909 | Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 7/12/1909 | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. |
| 9/27/1989 | Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 11/19/1998 | The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. |
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