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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
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.