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Historical Event on 12/12/1992

The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
3/3/1982Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died.
3/6/1962Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.