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Historical Event on 5/12/1992

Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
11/12/1762Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.