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Historical Event on 3/29/1869
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 4/29/1998 | India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 6/24/1991 | Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 8/6/1932 | Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures. |
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