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Historical Event on 5/12/1930

R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.