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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.