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Historical Event on 8/8/2000
The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 1/8/1872 | Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 7/2/1997 | Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India. |
| 5/10/1977 | Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away. |
| 5/5/1983 | Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 4/1/1985 | Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala). |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
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