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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
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.