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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
4/29/1998India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
11/9/1962Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
2/10/1803Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
12/25/1880Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.