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Historical Event on 11/30/2000
Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/2000 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/8/1993 | CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/2/1948 | Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona. |
| 11/3/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 9/22/1991 | Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years. |
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