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Historical Event on 12/29/1989

Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.