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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 |
3/2/1996 | Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match. |
12/11/1843 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany. |
12/13/1902 | Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born. |
12/13/1902 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
7/30/1992 | The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful. |
7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
9/30/1900 | Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born. |
3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
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