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Historical Event on 9/29/2000

A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1959Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party.
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
11/21/1973Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record.
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .