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Historical Event on 12/5/1931
Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1936 | Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958. |
| 1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
| 10/9/1931 | Air Force was established. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 10/26/1814 | British General Governor declared war against Nepal. |
| 5/29/1965 | Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time. |
| 8/5/1981 | Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J). |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
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