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Historical Event on 10/3/2000

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
7/18/1857The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
2/16/1997Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.