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Historical Event on 5/29/1947

Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
1/26/1919Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay.
8/10/1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.