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Historical Event on 5/12/1993

Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
12/28/1926Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.