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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
11/23/1926Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.