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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 |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
| 12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
| 4/24/1972 | Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 3/10/1998 | India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi. |
| 10/1/1959 | Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964. |
| 1/12/1708 | Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year. |
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