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Historical Event on 2/9/2000

The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
9/24/1829Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
8/22/1993Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi.