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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
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
8/3/1930Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.