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Historical Event on 12/16/2000
Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 1/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 4/1/1995 | Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 4/12/1801 | William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
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