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Historical Event on 8/10/2000

Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
7/31/1914Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma).