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Historical Event on 9/29/1988

1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
8/16/1958Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.