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Historical Event on 9/9/2000

Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
10/12/1952Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.