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Historical Event on 8/11/2000

Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
7/8/1996Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
3/23/1923Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.