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Historical Event on 4/29/1639
Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1996 | The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/14/1929 | Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. |
| 5/16/1986 | V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 10/27/1904 | Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta. |
| 10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 2/14/1807 | Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 1/9/1935 | Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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