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Historical Event on 8/23/2000
Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1998 | The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group. |
| 10/15/1999 | Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof. |
| 6/12/1894 | Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born. |
| 9/29/1725 | Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born. |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
| 10/16/1906 | Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad. |
| 10/5/1997 | Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998) |
| 3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
| 7/29/1927 | Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born. |
| 6/15/1948 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away. |
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