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Historical Event on 6/13/2000
Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1988 | Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 9/17/1997 | Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 12/21/1929 | Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore. |
| 1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
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