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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.