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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
2/27/1996In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.