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Historical Event on 1/25/2000

The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.