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Historical Event on 8/6/2000
Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1991 | Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away. |
| 9/11/1993 | Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
| 7/2/1972 | Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
| 11/2/2000 | Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal. |
| 2/28/1997 | Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 11/8/1990 | Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80). |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
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