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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
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.