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Historical Event on 5/29/1933
Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 9/8/1993 | Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces. |
| 9/14/1965 | Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
| 8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
| 8/26/1984 | An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
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