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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
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
4/13/1851Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
12/4/1991Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
5/21/1973Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi.