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Historical Event on 5/12/1666
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 2/20/1929 | K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/13/1996 | M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 7/7/1910 | 'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established. |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
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