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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 |
| 7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
| 1/1/1948 | Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 7/9/2000 | India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
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