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Historical Event on 11/2/2000
Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1934 | Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts. |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 4/1/1944 | Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 4/29/1998 | The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
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