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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
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
12/8/1994At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.