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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
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
9/3/1984Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.