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Historical Event on 5/29/1977

Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
8/29/1982Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
10/11/1991BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
6/14/1880Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.