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Historical Event on 12/1/2000
There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1898 | Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat. |
| 7/16/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 7/10/1998 | India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 2/7/1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
| 5/30/1895 | Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born. |
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