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Historical Event on 8/29/1947

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
12/16/1980Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.