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Historical Event on 3/1/2000

P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
7/11/1882Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
11/23/1999Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
11/18/1997Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.