Historical Events on March 29.

1. Who sorry 1561, 29th March: Akbar defeated Bajbahadur by attacking Sarangpur, the capital of Malwa.

2.  1849, 29th March: Punjab was annexed by the British.

3.  1857, 29th March: Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the 34th Division of the Bengal Native Infantry, fired on British officers in the East India Company.

4.  1906, 29th March: Five million miners stopped working in the United States demanding higher wages.

5.  1943, 29th March: Freedom fighter and leader Shaheed Laxman Nayak executed in Berhampur jail.

6.  1982, 29th March: N. T. Rama Rao founded the Telugu Desam Party.

7.  1992, 29th March: The Expert Committee recommended an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region from Bihar.

8.  2014, 29th March: First gay marriage in England and Wales.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 29.

1.  1790: John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States.

2.  1869: Edwin Lutyens, the town planner of Delhi.

3.  1918: Samuel Walton, an American businessman, and entrepreneur.

4.  1929: Utpal Dutt, an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. 

5.  1939: Jagdeep, an Indian film actor and comedian.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 29.

1. Johnnyuru Angad, the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. 

2.  1778: Charles Wesley, an English poet.

3.  1943: Laxman Nayak, a tribal civil rights activist of South Odisha.

29-March-1561

Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.

29-March-1849

Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.

29-March-1857

Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.

29-March-1869

Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.

29-March-1914

Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.

29-March-1914

Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.

29-March-1932

Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.

29-March-1939

Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.

29-March-1942

Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.

29-March-1943

Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.

29-March-1952

India enters into a war with Japan.

29-March-1954

Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.

29-March-1963

Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.

29-March-1970

Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.

29-March-1977

S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).

29-March-1978

Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.

29-March-1979

Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.

29-March-1982

Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.

29-March-1989

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

29-March-1990

Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.

29-March-1992

Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).

29-March-1992

The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.

29-March-1992

Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.

29-March-1995

Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.

29-March-1996

SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).

29-March-1998

The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.

29-March-1999

A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.