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Historical Event on 8/29/1905
Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 1/6/1832 | Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started. |
| 1/26/1981 | Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval. |
| 9/17/1885 | Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born. |
| 9/17/1885 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
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