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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
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.