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Historical Event on 4/16/2000

India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1899Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
12/1/1989Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.