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Historical Event on 5/12/1992

Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
7/29/1983Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.