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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
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
2/25/1894Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.