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Historical Event on 12/29/1983

Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
11/14/1995Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
8/29/1998Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.