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Historical Event on 8/13/2000
The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 1/31/1903 | Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born. |
| 12/26/1997 | Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I). |
| 1/4/1931 | Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement. |
| 10/15/1995 | PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York. |
| 1/6/1976 | Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 7/8/1996 | T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award. |
| 6/9/1923 | Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan. |
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