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Historical Event on 8/8/2000

The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
3/18/1948Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973).
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.