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Historical Event on 5/7/1912

Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
7/31/1919Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.