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Historical Event on 8/11/2000

Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
12/11/1999Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final.
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.