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Historical Event on 4/29/1960

Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.