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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
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
6/11/1930A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.