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Let \((M,g)\) be an \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold. A linear connection \(\widetilde \Gamma\) is said to be a semi-symmetric non-metric connection on \(M\) if its torsion tensor \(\widetilde T\) satisfies \(\widetilde T(X,Y)=\pi(X)Y-\pi(Y)X\) and \((\widetilde\nabla _Zg)(X,Y)=-\pi(X)g(Y,Z)-\pi(Y)g(X,Z)\), where \(\pi\) is a nonzero 1-form on \(M\). If \(\Gamma\) is the Levi-Civita connection on \((M,g)\), then the connection \(\widetilde \Gamma\) given by \(\widetilde\nabla_ZX= \nabla_Z X+\pi(X)Z\) is a semi-symmetric non-metric connection on \(M\). In this paper, the authors study properties of Riemannian manifolds admitting semi-symmetric non-metric connections. They show that if a Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) admits a semi-symmetric non-metric connection whose curvature tensor vanishes, then \(M\) is projectively flat.