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Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.

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12/4/1991	Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
12/6/1987	MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
4/29/1939	Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
8/13/1943	Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
8/29/1905	Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
1/16/1901	Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
8/16/1996	CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
9/6/1995	New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
10/9/1931	Air Force was established.
10/9/1931	Firuz Shah Bahmani died.

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Historical Event on 9/8/2000 Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.

Historical Event on 9/8/2000
Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.