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Historical Event on 9/29/2000
India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 5/10/1910 | Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack. |
| 9/2/1976 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 10/31/1990 | Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley. |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/12/1960 | Ranchi University was established. |
| 7/12/1960 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 4/6/1968 | Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. |
| 4/18/1966 | Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away. |
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