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Historical Event on 8/23/2000

Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.
10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
11/10/1992Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).