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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 |
| 3/24/1946 | British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 5/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
| 9/23/1906 | Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 1/11/1995 | Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 9/22/1999 | India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4. |
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