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Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/15/1946 | Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 8/15/1947 | Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy. |
| 2/27/1999 | Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent. |
| 11/12/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 1/16/1995 | India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b. |
| 6/7/1993 | Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed. |
| 12/4/1973 | Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away. |
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