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Historical Event on 12/5/1872

Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
1/27/1927Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
11/25/1890Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.