29 August Today in history (English)
29-August-1880
Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.
29-August-1905
Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
29-August-1923
Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
29-August-1923
Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
29-August-1926
Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born.
29-August-1928
Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
29-August-1931
Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
29-August-1947
A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
29-August-1947
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
29-August-1956
India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
29-August-1959
India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
29-August-1974
Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charan Singh.
29-August-1975
Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
29-August-1976
Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
29-August-1982
Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.
29-August-1984
Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
29-August-1991
Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
29-August-1992
Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, .
29-August-1993
Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
29-August-1994
Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
29-August-1995
National Sports Day declared.
29-August-1997
B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics.
29-August-1998
Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
29-August-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.
29-August-2000
Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
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