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Historical Event on 5/12/1999
Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1958 | Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody. |
| 3/29/1943 | Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail. |
| 5/18/1974 | First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb. |
| 3/28/1990 | Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
| 12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
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