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Historical Event on 05/12/1459

Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/2000Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
3/19/1996Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry.
12/12/1925Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
9/8/1982Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.