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Historical Event on 4/29/1947

Abolition of ""untouchability"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.