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Historical Event on 5/14/2000
L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
| 9/15/1903 | Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 3/1/1961 | The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
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