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Historical Event on 9/30/2000

The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.