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Historical Event on 4/15/2000
Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1992 | The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 5/20/1957 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad. |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 12/23/1913 | Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died. |
| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 1/10/1998 | Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district. |
| 12/20/1920 | Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal was born. |
| 7/30/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo. |
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