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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.