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Historical Event on 8/29/1976

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
10/29/1962China attacked India.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.