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Historical Event on 5/12/1992

Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
11/19/2000Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.