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Historical Event on 9/30/2000
Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 9/8/1972 | Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich. |
| 1/18/1997 | Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 2/18/1905 | Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India. |
| 6/15/1949 | Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 1/2/1943 | Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life. |
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