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Historical Event on 12/29/1949
Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 4/29/1939 | Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India. |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 6/12/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee. |
| 5/12/1987 | Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat. |
| 5/10/1857 | India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
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