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Historical Event on 5/12/1937
George VI is crowned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1929 | K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 5/10/1910 | Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 4/30/1998 | Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
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