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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 |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 8/10/1904 | Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 4/4/1947 | San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/12/1952 | Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament. |
| 1/18/1970 | Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48. |
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