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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
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
4/21/1998The services of 12 non-railway chairmen of Railway Recruitment Boards are terminated.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.