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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1929K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
6/23/1971Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.