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Historical Event on 7/6/2000

India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
10/19/1774Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.