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Historical Event on 3/12/1992

A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
5/21/1994JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions.
6/1/1997New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
2/16/1992Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.