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Historical Event on 8/8/2000

S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.