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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
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
10/21/1762Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
12/20/1920Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal  was born.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.