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Historical Event on 8/29/1995

National Sports Day declared.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
12/12/1721Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
10/1/1995Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died.
3/5/1918Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.