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Historical Event on 5/12/1995

Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1932Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.