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Historical Event on 3/29/1989

Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
1/10/1997The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.