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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
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
10/18/1968Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).