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Historical Event on 4/29/1947
Abolition of ""untouchability"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 6/3/1947 | Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published. |
| 3/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
| 10/15/1918 | Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
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