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Historical Event on 8/29/1959
India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district. |
| 3/24/1924 | Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 8/4/2000 | Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 7/29/1884 | Tyagraj Paramshiv Kailasam, leading playwright of Kannad language, was born. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 11/13/1991 | Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service. |
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