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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
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.
12/19/1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
11/18/1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.