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Historical Event on 10/29/1988

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.