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Historical Event on 7/29/1987

India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
8/17/1911Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
1/22/1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
12/20/1999Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.