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Historical Event on 5/29/1987

Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
10/13/1999Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
11/13/1909Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.