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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
6/22/1910Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.