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Historical Event on 3/1/2000
Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 6/28/1986 | Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 11/15/1921 | 16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels. |
| 4/16/1992 | Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls. |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 10/29/1988 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away. |
| 6/23/1661 | Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal. |
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