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Historical Event on 4/29/1947

Abolition of ""untouchability"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.