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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 |
| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 9/19/1997 | A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 3/3/1997 | Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
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