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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
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
6/27/1997Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
12/6/1971US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.