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Historical Event on 6/29/1997

Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/200017 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.