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Historical Event on 4/29/1957

The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.