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Historical Event on 6/29/1909

Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
9/29/1930Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.