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Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.

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2/8/1912	Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.
8/1/1957	M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
3/17/1982	President's rule in Kerala.
10/21/1996	Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
10/21/1996	Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.
6/3/1916	Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
3/29/1978	Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
6/4/1953	University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
9/19/1997	India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too.
10/10/1990	Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.

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Historical Event on 9/8/2000 Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.

Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.