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Historical Event on 12/22/2000

Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
7/6/1999Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
11/2/1972B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.