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Historical Event on 12/20/2000

The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
10/22/1933Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
6/23/1997India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.