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Historical Event on 5/12/1906

Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
2/14/1901Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born.
9/19/1990Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.