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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
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.