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Historical Event on 4/12/1992

M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1966Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
10/15/1987Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.