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Historical Event on 3/8/2000

The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1925Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.