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Historical Event on 4/29/2000
The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 10/24/1984 | First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city. |
| 10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 8/2/1993 | CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission. |
| 1/26/1992 | BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 4/16/1801 | Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated. |
| 12/20/1931 | Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government. |
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