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Historical Event on 10/9/2000

The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.