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Historical Event on 12/1/2000
There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/9/1989 | Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
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