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Historical Event on 8/5/1992

The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
10/22/1962Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
7/19/2000The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
10/15/1931Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
1/16/1966Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.