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Historical Event on 4/12/1992

M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
12/12/1921Gandhi organizes a complete boycott of Prince of Wales's visit to Allahabad.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.