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Historical Event on 9/16/2000

Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.