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Historical Event on 4/1/2000
Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1938 | Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away. |
| 4/18/1612 | Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1990 | JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM. |
| 2/2/1968 | TERLS dedicated to the United Nations. |
| 7/18/1947 | Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947. |
| 2/25/1760 | Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 5/27/1952 | United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
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