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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
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.