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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
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.