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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
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.