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Historical Event on 12/20/2000

The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
6/9/1991Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.