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Historical Event on 1/8/2000
The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 9/11/1888 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 12/26/1986 | Consumer Rights Act was passed. |
| 2/13/1991 | Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala. |
| 4/3/1670 | Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
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