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Historical Event on 8/29/1991

Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1989Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.