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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
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
2/25/1840Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.