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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
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.