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Historical Event on 8/11/2000

Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1997Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.