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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
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
11/30/1759Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
4/4/1898Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.