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Historical Event on 11/1/2000
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 3/31/1996 | Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
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