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Historical Event on 3/29/1857
Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 2/13/1993 | School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers. |
| 8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
| 7/17/1979 | Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 5/27/1999 | Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 6/16/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election. |
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