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Historical Event on 11/29/1961

First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1993Major changes in exim policy announced.
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
1/10/1980Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.