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Historical Event on 8/30/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
1/14/1905Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.