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Historical Event on 3/1/2000

P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
1/21/1978Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested.
10/4/1997Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.