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Historical Event on 12/8/2000

EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1998India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
7/22/1992Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns.
6/18/1966California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
11/21/1899Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.