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Historical Event on 10/2/2000

Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.