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Historical Event on 12/6/2000
A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 5/26/1993 | The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June. |
| 6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
| 6/23/1993 | Motilal Vohra made governor of UP. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
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