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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
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.