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Historical Event on 3/29/1979

Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
1/12/1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
1/23/1664Shahaji Raje died in an accident.