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Historical Event on 9/29/1988

1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
11/16/1860Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
10/1/1995Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
4/30/1863Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.