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Historical Event on 9/29/1988
1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1759 | British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India. |
| 6/8/1929 | Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
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