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Historical Event on 4/29/1848
Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/1997 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi. |
| 6/27/1997 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 6/27/1997 | Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20). |
| 8/1/1970 | Bhopal University was established. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 10/15/1943 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
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