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Historical Event on 5/12/1666

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
8/4/1997Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
6/20/1997Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.