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Historical Event on 4/22/2000

Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.