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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
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
1/9/1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.