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Historical Event on 9/29/1959

Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.