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Historical Event on 1/20/2000

J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
4/1/1992Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.