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Historical Event on 12/5/1898
Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 7/27/1982 | Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years. |
| 7/19/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad. |
| 10/20/1919 | Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 11/27/1881 | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP. |
| 9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
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