List of Politics Events on August-2000
1- August-2000 |
The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State. |
2- August-2000 |
The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill. |
4- August-2000 |
Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
8- August-2000 |
S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga. |
9- August-2000 |
Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State. |
10- August-2000 |
Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal. |
21- August-2000 |
Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee. |
22- August-2000 |
Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
23- August-2000 |
Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi. |