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Historical Event on 8/16/2000

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1912Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
6/8/1915P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.