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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.

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5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
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5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
2/25/2000Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.