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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
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
10/10/1990Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.