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Historical Event on 1/25/2000

The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.