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Historical Event on 11/1/2000

T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1909Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.