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Historical Event on 4/20/2000

A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.