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Historical Event on 5/12/1987
Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
| 3/22/1999 | Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh. |
| 10/11/1894 | Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
| 8/17/1780 | Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived. |
| 1/19/1997 | Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur. |
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