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Historical Event on 8/26/2000
Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
| 9/14/1919 | Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat. |
| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
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