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Historical Event on 12/29/1968

Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
12/30/1906The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
4/14/1962Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award.