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Historical Event on 1/8/2000
The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
5/12/1915 | Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces. |
5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
7/29/1927 | Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born. |
10/9/1942 | Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail. |
5/27/1992 | M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed. |
5/12/1995 | Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act. |
5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
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