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Historical Event on 6/8/2000

Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.