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Historical Event on 3/29/1939

Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
2/25/1998Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.