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Historical Event on 3/23/2000

Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
10/13/1999No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.
12/12/1999No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.