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Historical Event on 1/19/2000

Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
9/9/1942Shirish Kumar, martyr, died.
3/2/1952Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
12/28/1984Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.