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Historical Event on 4/29/1997

R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
7/23/1933Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country).
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.