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Historical Event on 12/23/2000

The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.