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Historical Event on 8/4/2000

Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1974Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
2/24/1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.