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Historical Event on 10/1/2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.
3/8/1957Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.