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Historical Event on 8/16/2000

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
4/14/1995Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.