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Historical Event on 12/20/2000

Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
6/5/1659Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.