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Historical Event on 8/29/1612

Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1612Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.