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Historical Event on 3/8/2000
The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1999 | The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November. |
| 2/12/1794 | Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away. |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 10/25/1951 | First General Election of India begins. |
| 4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
| 4/4/1942 | Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
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