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Historical Event on 5/12/1949

S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/2000Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
3/15/1936Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.