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Historical Event on 12/7/1992
Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
| 2/24/1995 | Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 5/28/1895 | Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born. |
| 3/17/1991 | The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91). |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
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