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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
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
8/6/1996Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
10/5/1805Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.