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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
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
5/29/1987Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
6/10/1908Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.