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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 |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 1/19/1982 | Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal. |
| 10/4/1847 | Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died. |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 12/1/1993 | Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw. |
| 11/11/1866 | Patthe Bapurao (Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni), famous poet Shahir, was born. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 6/30/1991 | A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
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