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Historical Event on 8/10/2000
Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 12/10/1952 | World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India. |
| 10/16/1999 | A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 8/28/1997 | Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 12/1/1886 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P. |
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