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Historical Event on 8/29/1880

Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
7/5/1946Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar).
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.