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Historical Event on 4/29/1947
Abolition of ""untouchability"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
| 6/5/1999 | The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict. |
| 8/1/2000 | 27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine. |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
| 11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
| 4/2/2000 | Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
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