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Historical Event on 12/16/2000

Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.