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Historical Event on 11/30/2000

Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.