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Historical Event on 8/11/1999

Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.
7/25/1997Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.