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Historical Event on 9/18/2000

Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
11/10/1992Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
2/18/1975Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.