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Historical Event on 8/5/2000
Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
| 7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
| 10/21/1789 | Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
| 11/14/1969 | Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 5/30/1895 | Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born. |
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