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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
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
4/9/1965Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.