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Historical Event on 5/29/1906

Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.