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Historical Event on 10/29/1997
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 8/14/1942 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts. |
| 11/27/1999 | Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 3/1/1997 | India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara. |
| 10/30/1996 | CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
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