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Historical Event on 1/2/2000
Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 11/3/1605 | Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
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