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Historical Event on 11/2/2000

Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
10/27/1987Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
6/18/1966California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.