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Historical Event on 8/11/2000
Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 12/13/2000 | All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work. |
| 9/1/1998 | Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector. |
| 2/12/1928 | Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 4/22/1942 | The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur. |
| 3/28/2000 | Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 4/16/1934 | Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra). |
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