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Historical Event on 5/29/1972

Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.