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Historical Event on 8/11/2000

Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
2/5/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.