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Historical Event on 11/11/2000

Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
12/4/1919Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan).
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
1/14/1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.