Austin Indian Community - AustinIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/30/2000

India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.