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Historical Event on 8/29/1880

Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1998Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.