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Historical Event on 8/29/1998

Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
10/28/1996Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
7/30/1886Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.