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Historical Event on 5/12/1966

Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
2/20/1827Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.