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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
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
8/5/1921Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.