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Historical Event on 6/8/2000

Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1973Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
10/18/1919W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
6/14/1987Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal.