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Historical Event on 12/13/2000

Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
12/16/1770Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).