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Historical Event on 12/23/2000

The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.