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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
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.