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Historical Event on 1/12/2000

The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.