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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
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.