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Historical Event on 9/29/1971

Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
2/26/1946Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.
5/2/1926Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.