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Historical Event on 9/6/2000

Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/2000Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
8/9/1925Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
11/2/1950India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet.
7/13/1950Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.