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Historical Event on 9/27/2000
Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/2000 | Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him. |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
| 6/1/1916 | Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar. |
| 10/30/1909 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
| 3/27/1990 | 21 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India. |
| 3/30/1994 | G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel. |
| 3/22/1942 | Both Congress and Muslim League refused Cripps Mission offer. Congress adopts Quit India Resolution. Cripps Commission came to India which was preceded by Sir Stephard Crips to find out a political formula for transfer of power to Indians. |
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