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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
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
2/4/1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
1/21/1970Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.