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Historical Event on 8/23/2000

Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
1/14/1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.