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Historical Event on 12/5/1872
Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 5/23/1996 | In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls. |
| 3/11/1990 | Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 7/10/1991 | Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 2/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 12/5/1946 | Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away. |
| 4/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
| 7/2/1926 | Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh. |
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