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Historical Event on 10/29/1851

British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1952The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.
10/12/1976Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.