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It was made in four parts owing to its size and took Rampure three months to design and build. While he was allowed to make a few changes to the design, the original pose of the bull was retained owing to the animal's identity in stock markets as a symbol of money. The BSE later commissioned him to create a thousand miniature replicas made of fibre to be given as souvenirs to visiting foreign dignitaries.
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Rampure was approached by officials of the BSE in 2007 to design the sculpture. He was given photographs of the original sculpture in New York City and studied live bulls to understand their anatomy. A clay model was first designed for the BSE's approval following which the bronze version was made.
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or bad omen. Several brokers demanded the removal of the sculpture during the crash, with an astrologer suggesting that it be re-installed at a more auspicious time. A group of 200 to 300 brokers protested outside the exchange for a day asking for it to be removed.
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In 2017, prior to its relocation to GIFT City, the BSE decided to allow visitors to photograph the bull. However, due to security issues, it was replaced by an acrylic replica on rollers outside the exchange. The
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5.0 trillion or US$ 60 billion in 2023) in a week, along its year-long descent from 20,000 to 8,000. The bull was subsequently considered as a
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is 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, 8 feet (2.4 m) long and weighs 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb).
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5 feet (1.5 m) tall & 8 feet (2.4 m) long
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is a bronze sculpture of a charging bull designed by
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Mumbai
Maharashtra
GIFT City
Gujarat
Solapur
Bombay Stock Exchange
Dalal Street
Mumbai
Maharashtra
Arturo Di Modica
Charging Bull
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange Building
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City
Ahmedabad
stock market crash of January 2008
Sensex

crore
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai


"BSE bronze bull caused crash?"


"I was livid when brokers wanted sculpture removed: Bhagwan Rampure"


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