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Historical Event on 6/7/2000

Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
11/2/1971Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
5/17/1996Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.