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Historical Event on 4/20/2000

A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1953Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.