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Historical Event on 6/29/1976
Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 2/25/1897 | A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 2/8/1971 | Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM. |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 8/6/1997 | Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 1/26/1981 | Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
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