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Historical Event on 9/13/2000

Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.