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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 |
| 6/23/1975 | Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 12/27/1898 | Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 11/5/1999 | The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case. |
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