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Historical Event on 6/29/1908
Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
8/16/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda. |
3/24/1995 | Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away. |
3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
4/7/1942 | Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died. |
2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
12/30/1865 | Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay. |
3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
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