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Historical Event on 4/8/2000

Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
8/25/1990GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.