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Historical Event on 9/29/1998

ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
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