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Historical Event on 4/29/1979

Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1906The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.