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Historical Event on 12/21/2000

Women's Bill put off again.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.