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Historical Event on 12/16/1992
The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 11/24/1973 | E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 3/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
| 4/29/2000 | The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 3/17/1995 | Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority. |
| 1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
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