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Historical Event on 5/12/1952

Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
2/1/1930Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
2/25/1968Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.