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Historical Event on 5/12/1923

Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
7/31/1940Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.