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Historical Event on 6/8/2000
Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
| 4/3/1984 | Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 9/13/1991 | Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 5/2/1930 | Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| 1/15/1965 | Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
| 2/18/1911 | Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 6/3/1865 | George V, King of England (1910-36), was born. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
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