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Historical Event on 3/29/1978

Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.

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1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
11/16/1947Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.