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Historical Event on 4/1/2000

India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1942Both 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.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
2/5/1981Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
9/24/1997I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.