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Historical Event on 12/5/2000

Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.