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Historical Event on 7/9/2000

India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
3/29/1963Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.