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Historical Event on 12/20/1999

The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
3/22/1999Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.