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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
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
2/26/1971Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.