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Historical Event on 5/12/1984

Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
11/1/1996Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.