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Historical Event on 11/1/2000

T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
9/23/1863Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.
10/9/199627-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
7/30/1933Gandhiji informs the Government of Bombay of his decision to march from Ahmedabad to Ras with 33 followers to revive Civil Disobedience movement.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.