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Historical Event on 6/29/2000

The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
8/20/1996India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .