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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
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.