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Historical Event on 8/29/1975

Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1975Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born.
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.