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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
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
6/5/1929S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.