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Historical Event on 11/29/1926

Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.