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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
12/6/1931Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
1/6/1976Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.