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Historical Event on 12/5/1950
Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
10/24/2000 | Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
2/2/1982 | Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras. |
6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
1/21/1969 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
1/7/1859 | The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29. |
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