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Historical Event on 5/12/1987

Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
6/30/1997Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.