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Historical Event on 8/30/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1920 | A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
| 8/14/1947 | Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951. |
| 3/1/1905 | Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born. |
| 11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
| 9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
| 8/20/1998 | The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj. |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
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