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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
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.