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Historical Event on 10/1/2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
1/30/1997Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
7/8/1971Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.