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Historical Event on 5/12/1666

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.