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Historical Event on 5/12/1987

Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
10/3/1903Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
12/3/1882Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.