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Historical Event on 8/5/2000
Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1950 | Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died. |
| 1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 2/6/1992 | The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry. |
| 7/1/1913 | Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 8/5/1994 | Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested. |
| 12/11/1843 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany. |
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