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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 |
| 12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
| 1/11/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 1/24/1996 | H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
| 1/6/1972 | America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean. |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
| 8/18/1945 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan. |
| 9/21/1994 | Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 1/1/1995 | 8th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai. |
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