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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
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
5/29/1953Saint Namdev passed away.