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Historical Event on 5/12/1995

India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
11/27/1999Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor.
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.