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Historical Event on 5/12/1987

Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
11/7/1933Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour.
11/7/1933Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.