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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 |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 4/28/1993 | Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 12/26/1997 | Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I). |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 6/1/1980 | AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
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