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Historical Event on 5/7/1912

Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
1/17/1993LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.