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Historical Event on 5/12/1984

Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
3/5/1922Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
4/6/1773James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.