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Historical Event on 2/5/2000

A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
11/2/1999BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
12/12/1959Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.