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Historical Event on 11/29/1993

Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
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.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.