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Historical Event on 11/15/2000

Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
12/20/2000Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.