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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 |
| 1/5/1957 | Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 11/30/1994 | Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 7/22/1998 | 24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| 11/28/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi. |
| 4/29/1957 | The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
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