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Historical Event on 8/29/1976

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.