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Historical Event on 5/12/1923

Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
12/4/1991Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.