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Historical Event on 5/12/1993

Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
1/24/1924Karpoori Thakur ""Jan Nayak"", freedom fighter, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, was born in village Samastipur, District Bihar.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.