Portland Indian Community - PortlandIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/4/1992

RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
9/9/1947Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
5/21/1992Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.