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Historical Event on 3/6/2000
India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 4/15/2000 | Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game. |
| 11/5/1950 | Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 9/27/1990 | Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games. |
| 12/11/1881 | Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram. |
| 9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
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