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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
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.
7/21/1963Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.