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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
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
7/31/1880Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.