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Historical Event on 12/5/1943
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1990 | Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 4/9/1994 | C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 11/18/1973 | Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
| 2/5/1924 | Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona. |
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