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Historical Event on 5/29/1987
Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/15/1817 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
6/29/1991 | A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal. |
8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
10/1/1887 | Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
10/26/1930 | Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay. |
10/16/1788 | Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
6/1/1938 | Continental Publication' started. |
12/16/1992 | The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents. |
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