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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
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
1/17/1997Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.