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Historical Event on 4/12/1992

The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
9/5/1659Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
9/5/1659Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.