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Historical Event on 12/5/1992

Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.