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Historical Event on 12/8/1992

World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".