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Historical Event on 8/4/2000

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
8/21/2000Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
10/22/1908John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.