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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
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
2/12/1824Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi.
5/1/1992C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.
4/15/1890Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.