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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
7/16/1856Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
10/27/1907Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
6/24/1991Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
1/11/1966Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.