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Historical Event on 11/8/2000

Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
8/21/1990Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.