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Historical Event on 8/8/2000

The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
8/10/1993Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.