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Historical Event on 3/2/2000

Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.