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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
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
10/12/1952Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.