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Historical Event on 8/29/1995
National Sports Day declared.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 3/19/1990 | Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 4/2/1702 | Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 3/10/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker. |
| 2/8/1897 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
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