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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
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
10/3/2000India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
10/22/1908John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.