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Historical Event on 8/29/2000
Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1998 | India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology. |
| 12/3/1998 | Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 7/15/1783 | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals. |
| 8/10/1855 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 3/21/1992 | India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy. |
| 7/11/1953 | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra). |
| 8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
| 2/22/1997 | Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore. |
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