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Historical Event on 4/1/2000

Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.