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Historical Event on 5/12/1998
Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 5/15/1999 | Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district. |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 3/9/1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
| 7/1/1989 | New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K. |
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