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Historical Event on 11/8/2000
India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/2000 | Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 10/1/1949 | 'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established. |
| 10/1/1949 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 5/10/1977 | Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away. |
| 8/5/1992 | The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there. |
| 7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
| 2/24/1996 | S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India. |
| 8/30/1994 | The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls. |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
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