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Historical Event on 5/29/1957

Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1992Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.