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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
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.