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Historical Event on 4/7/2000
The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1992 | Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 9/24/1992 | Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 10/24/1933 | Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals. |
| 11/27/1962 | Britain agreed to supply arms to India. |
| 9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 9/16/1997 | General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA. |
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