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Historical Event on 11/29/1996
Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1996	Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
2/12/1949	Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
4/5/1984	Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
8/1/1997	Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
10/1/1854	Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
6/25/1922	Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
6/5/1974	Smallpox epidemic in the country.
10/14/1997	Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.
6/1/1993	Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India.
1/22/1971	Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.

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