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Historical Event on 9/8/2000

Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
12/31/1943Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.