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Historical Event on 8/30/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
9/7/1995Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
5/19/1953State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.