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Historical Event on 10/29/1996

Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1907Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
11/18/1974Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.