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Historical Event on 12/8/1992
World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 1/30/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament. |
| 7/1/1821 | Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published. |
| 5/8/1725 | John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 7/9/1873 | Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 5/4/1960 | Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
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