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Historical Event on 8/11/2000

The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.