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Historical Event on 8/29/2000

Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
11/1/1956Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.