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Historical Event on 12/4/1992
RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 4/3/1966 | First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus. |
| 11/6/1993 | First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 6/13/2000 | Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir. |
| 6/15/1899 | Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
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