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Historical Event on 4/15/2000

Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.