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Historical Event on 5/12/1987

Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
8/20/1905Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.