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Historical Event on 12/5/1950

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.