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Historical Event on 12/5/1951

Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.
9/9/1942Shirish Kumar, martyr, died.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.