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Historical Event on 1/8/2000

The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
7/13/1916Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
3/18/1948Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973).
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.