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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 04/29/1998 |
The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99. |
| 04/29/2000 |
The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration. |
| 04/29/1639 |
Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. |
| 04/29/1848 |
Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala. |
| 04/29/1882 |
Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
| 04/29/1909 |
Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 04/29/1924 |
Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 04/29/1936 |
Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 04/29/1939 |
Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India. |
| 04/29/1947 |
Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 04/29/1948 |
Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 04/29/1954 |
India accepted Tibet as a part of China. |
| 04/29/1957 |
The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
| 04/29/1960 |
Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away. |
| 04/29/1979 |
Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93. |
| 04/29/1997 |
R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 04/29/1998 |
India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/20/1949 | Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
| 02/06/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 10/10/1970 | Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
| 06/08/1990 | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepal PM, and his Indian counterpart V.P.Singh decide to restore normal ties. |
| 03/21/1921 | Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. |
| 04/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 08/28/1934 | Justice Sujata Manohar was born. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
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