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Historical Event on 12/5/1931

Gandhiji leaves England for India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
12/6/2000Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.