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Historical Event on 2/1/2000

The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.