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Historical Event on 4/16/2000
India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/1/1938 | Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born. |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 12/6/1995 | The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade. |
| 1/3/1947 | Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29. |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 9/11/1911 | Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991. |
| 12/31/1966 | Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta. |
| 1/4/1940 | Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
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