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Historical Event on 6/29/1997

Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
4/3/1950Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
4/14/1995The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
11/25/1999Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.
1/21/1945Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.