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Historical Event on 12/5/1943

The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
1/28/1984Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.