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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
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
10/3/1985Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.