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Historical Event on 8/29/1998
Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1948 | Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 11/3/1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly. |
| 7/3/1838 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
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