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Historical Event on 5/12/1949

S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1772Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
5/11/1888Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.