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Historical Event on 8/11/2000
The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/8/1897 | Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case. |
| 12/20/1948 | Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot. |
| 3/6/1971 | Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. |
| 2/9/1984 | Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 9/2/1947 | Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified. |
| 12/28/1952 | Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
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