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Historical Event on 5/12/1952

Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
6/30/1999India reiterates that any talks will resume only after Pakistan's unconditional withdrawal from Kargil. Meanwhile Indian Army continues to attack the Tiger Hill area and captures two positions in close proximity to Jubar features. The Election Commission says that Lok Sabha polls will be held as per schedule.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
10/26/1999The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.