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Historical Event on 4/20/2000

A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1972Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
2/14/1658Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.