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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
12/23/1926Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
8/18/1969Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.