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Historical Event on 8/12/1992

72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
5/20/1850Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
7/1/1999Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.