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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 |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 2/18/1925 | Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born. |
| 6/18/1946 | First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 11/20/1969 | The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 8/28/1928 | Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka. |
| 4/9/1993 | Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief. |
| 9/8/1953 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at. |
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