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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
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
10/14/1985Assam Ganparishad established.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.