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Historical Event on 1/2/2000
Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 4/5/1991 | Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections. |
| 8/8/1942 | 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 12/19/1994 | K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away. |
| 3/4/1990 | Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM. |
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