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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
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
3/13/1958Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.