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Historical Event on 8/29/1956

India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
11/2/1972B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
6/17/1991Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
6/15/1899Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.