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Historical Event on 10/29/2000
Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 9/30/1881 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/11/1933 | First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi. |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 3/9/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
| 5/16/1932 | Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 7/9/1992 | The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
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