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Historical Event on 12/5/1943

The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1943Saint Kabir was born.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
7/25/2000Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.