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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
9/13/1991Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.