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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 |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
| 1/3/1966 | Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 1/22/1992 | Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 5/13/1998 | World Bank cancels India donors meet. |
| 4/27/1996 | First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
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