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Historical Event on 11/1/2000

T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
4/4/1998G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad.
3/7/1934Nariman Jamshedji Contractor ""Nari Contractor"", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat.
5/20/1992V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.