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Historical Event on 4/29/1924

Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.