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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
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
7/2/1991Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died.
10/29/1992Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.