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Historical Event on 12/8/2000

EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.
12/21/1911Central Bank of India established.