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Historical Event on 9/18/2000

Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/2000Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.