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Historical Event on 12/6/1992

300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.