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Historical Event on 7/29/1988

Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
2/1/1992Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.