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Historical Event on 12/5/1951
Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 4/9/1936 | SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab). |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 12/19/1978 | The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
| 12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
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