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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
11/7/1933Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
10/10/1910Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.