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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 |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 4/19/1998 | Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/6/2000 | Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai. |
| 6/9/1948 | Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born. |
| 1/24/1994 | India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems. |
| 5/20/1992 | Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload. |
| 8/12/1919 | Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 8/9/1788 | Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. |
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