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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
9/19/1933Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
8/9/1902King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.