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Historical Event on 9/16/2000

In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
11/14/1926Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.