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Historical Event on 5/12/1949
S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1859 | Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 2/1/1985 | Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 2/8/1985 | P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 6/13/1992 | Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 6/29/1999 | An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives. |
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