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Historical Event on 6/29/1893

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.

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4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.