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Historical Event on 1/2/2000

Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
12/25/1924Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.