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Historical Event on 12/29/1983

Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.