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Historical Event on 9/16/2000

Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
8/18/1969Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.