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Historical Event on 9/3/2000
National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 3/25/1996 | CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 4/28/1986 | Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'. |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
| 1/29/1896 | Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
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