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Historical Event on 12/20/2000
The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/27/1845 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany. |
5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
3/30/1988 | Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
8/17/1992 | 20 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha. |
9/30/1996 | Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai. |
10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
7/18/1994 | Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away. |
6/8/1915 | Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published. |
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