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Historical Event on 4/29/1997

R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
2/18/1941There was a minor revolt in Royal Indian Navy which in now known as Indian Navy.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.