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Historical Event on 8/23/2000

Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.