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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/29/1533 |
Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6). |
| 06/29/1757 |
Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 06/29/1857 |
Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British). |
| 06/29/1864 |
Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta. |
| 06/29/1873 |
Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died. |
| 06/29/1893 |
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 06/29/1901 |
Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 06/29/1908 |
Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 06/29/1909 |
Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 06/29/1924 |
Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 06/29/1966 |
Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 06/29/1976 |
Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 06/29/1991 |
A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal. |
| 06/29/1992 |
Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship. |
| 06/29/1993 |
24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 06/29/1997 |
Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 06/29/1998 |
Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 06/29/1999 |
An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives. |
| 06/29/2000 |
The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/03/1880 | Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi. |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 11/13/1780 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born. |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 08/21/1540 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
| 01/03/1997 | Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds. |
| 03/09/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 12/12/1947 | Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash. |
| 10/06/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 09/07/1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
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