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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
3/22/1932Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
1/9/1995T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
4/19/1996A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.