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Historical Event on 12/14/2000

The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.