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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 |
| 9/2/1894 | Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
| 6/13/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans. |
| 2/12/1960 | Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers. |
| 5/13/1923 | Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam). |
| 12/6/1990 | VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully. |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 2/19/1978 | Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"". |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
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