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Historical Event on 9/29/2000

The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.