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Historical Event on 12/1/2000

An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
12/27/1992The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.