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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
9/19/1996Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed.
5/14/1907Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
7/30/1960Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.