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Historical Event on 8/29/1998

Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1990GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.