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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
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
12/22/1843Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.