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Historical Event on 4/29/1979
Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1994 | Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
| 11/21/1947 | First Stamp of Independent India was released |
| 3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 6/30/1981 | President's rule imposed in Assam. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
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