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Historical Event on 8/11/1999

Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
10/10/1910Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.
8/1/1966Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab.
9/9/1947Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
10/19/2000The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.