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Historical Event on 10/29/1996

Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
1/28/1976Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.