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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 |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 11/5/1996 | Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 5/24/1933 | Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), was born in Dudhani, Maharashtra. |
| 3/1/1818 | Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
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