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Historical Event on 5/29/1936

Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
3/19/1907Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born.
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.