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Historical Event on 5/12/1966

Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
3/22/1893Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
6/22/1948Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.