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Historical Event on 12/5/2000

Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
2/9/1993Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.