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Historical Event on 5/29/1972

Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.