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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
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
7/1/1906Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.
3/19/1982President's rule in Assam.
1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.