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Historical Event on 6/13/2000

Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
7/30/2000Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
10/26/1934Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
12/12/1999No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
8/22/1979Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.