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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
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.