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Historical Event on 12/19/2000

The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1996Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
12/22/1975Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).