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Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 7/11/1979 | The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government. |
| 7/11/1979 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 3/13/2000 | Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
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