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Historical Event on 9/16/2000
Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
| 11/15/1995 | Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations. |
| 1/12/1863 | Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
| 4/25/1955 | Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 5/31/1968 | F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71). |
| 6/23/1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I). |
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