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Historical Event on 11/1/2000
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
6/5/1996 | United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced. |
5/8/1954 | Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
6/2/1990 | Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. |
1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
11/6/1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops. |
12/5/1991 | The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India. |
2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
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