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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
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
12/7/1995Indian, UN Mission in Bosnia & Herzegovina begin (UNMIBH - Dec 95 To Till Date).
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
8/22/1877Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.