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Historical Event on 5/12/1915
Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
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| 2/13/1993 | School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers. |
| 10/15/1946 | Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
| 4/11/1984 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
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