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Historical Event on 4/7/2000

The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1921Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.