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Historical Event on 1/8/2000

The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
2/24/1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.