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Historical Event on 7/29/1980

India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1994Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.