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Historical Event on 2/2/2000

The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
10/9/1964K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.