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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
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
7/31/1952Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
3/12/1913Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.