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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
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.