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Historical Event on 12/21/2000

Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
9/6/1972While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
3/22/1961Jual Teria Dilga Oram was born in Kendudihi, Distt. Sundargarh (Orissa).