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Historical Event on 11/8/2000

Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
2/26/1901The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations.
1/28/1984Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
7/15/1993Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
8/4/1906Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.