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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
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
7/24/1989Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.