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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
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
7/9/1938Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
10/14/1980S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.