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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
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.