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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
9/3/1997Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
3/8/1941Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.