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Historical Event on 11/29/2000
India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 11/9/1913 | Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 2/23/1993 | Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award. |
| 10/28/1981 | Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta. |
| 8/11/1916 | Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born. |
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