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Historical Event on 12/5/1872

Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
12/1/1960Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
12/1/1960Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.