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Historical Event on 7/29/1901
Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 4/28/1945 | Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
| 6/10/1946 | Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"". |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 8/29/1928 | Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur. |
| 7/6/1993 | JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others. |
| 5/13/1857 | Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP. |
| 2/19/1992 | A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura. |
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