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Historical Event on 12/5/1959
K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 1/20/1897 | Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
| 2/14/1970 | Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization. |
| 7/2/1972 | Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
| 6/26/1975 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
| 4/20/1989 | R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
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