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Historical Event on 8/10/2000
Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1925 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 4/12/1913 | Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle. |
| 5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 2/5/1919 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
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