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Historical Event on 5/12/1966
Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
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| 9/11/1950 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away. |
| 12/19/1927 | Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 6/5/1998 | Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara. |
| 9/26/1975 | Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 4/16/1962 | Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 11/6/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg |
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