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Historical Event on 5/12/1993
Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1946 | Cabinet Mission in India. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
| 7/21/1994 | The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 7/21/1999 | Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 9/15/1903 | Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
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