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Historical Event on 8/10/2000
Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1988 | Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region. |
| 9/2/1946 | Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away. |
| 7/13/1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
| 9/30/1996 | Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
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