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Historical Event on 7/29/1980

India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.