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Historical Event on 12/5/1991

56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
11/16/1998Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
5/31/1921Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).