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Historical Event on 12/25/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1988 | V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election. |
| 7/5/1947 | Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 7/9/1873 | Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
| 8/17/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India. |
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