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Historical Event on 9/6/2000

Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
7/26/1956Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.