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Historical Event on 3/29/1857
Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1957 | Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 11/23/1994 | 100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 12/12/1905 | Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 1/12/1955 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 6/1/1970 | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
| 5/31/1926 | Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born. |
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