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Historical Event on 9/30/2000
India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1906 | Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 1/12/1895 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
| 1/15/1656 | Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state. |
| 6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
| 5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
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