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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
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
10/4/1997Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.
10/4/1997Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
10/17/1932Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.