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Historical Event on 12/16/2000

Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.