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Historical Event on 1/23/2000

India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.