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Historical Event on 12/5/1943
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
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| 7/15/1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
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| 4/28/1952 | The war between Japan and India ended. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 3/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
| 5/13/1857 | Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP. |
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