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Historical Event on 12/5/2000

Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.