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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
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.