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Historical Event on 7/29/1904

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
9/15/1967Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
10/29/1962China attacked India.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.