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Historical Event on 11/1/2000

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
6/6/1947Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
1/19/1977Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.