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Historical Event on 5/29/1933

Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
7/5/1857Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
1/25/2000The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
11/5/1998India and Pakistan agree to continue their talks on the Tulbul navigator project on the Jhelum in Kashmir, despite differences over various provisions of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.