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Historical Event on 4/12/1992

The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
8/21/1981Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.
10/15/1902Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaekwad, great leader, was born. He was a colleagu of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
3/15/1969Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa.
2/3/2000Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
1/16/1920Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.