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Historical Event on 10/15/2000

Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/2000Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
9/11/1875Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born.
9/11/1875Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.