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Historical Event on 5/14/2000

L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
11/16/1908Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.