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Historical Event on 12/29/1927

Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.