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Historical Event on 8/30/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
12/12/1992Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.