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Historical Event on 4/29/2000

The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
8/29/1997B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
5/9/1907Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.