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Historical Event on 1/12/2000

The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
8/19/1944Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.