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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
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
5/26/1931Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.