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Historical Event on 9/29/1959

Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
6/20/1997Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.