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Historical Event on 1/20/2000

J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
4/1/1995The Airports Authority of India (AAI) formed by the merger of IAAI and NAA. AAI manages five international airports, 87 domestic airports and 28 civil enclaves.
4/1/1995Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.