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Historical Event on 9/6/2000
Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/22/1891 | Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 1/29/1983 | Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away. |
| 4/11/1931 | Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 4/6/1942 | During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
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