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Historical Event on 4/29/1936
Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1916 | Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 10/28/1996 | Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi. |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 4/22/1921 | Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement. |
| 3/3/1978 | Origin of Saka Era (India). |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
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