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Historical Event on 5/12/1966

Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
9/24/1861Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.