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Historical Event on 8/10/2000
Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/10/1965 | First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior. |
8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
5/17/1865 | Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born. |
11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
3/25/1958 | Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh. |
8/5/1905 | Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
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