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Historical Event on 12/5/1998

Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
10/2/1954Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.