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Historical Event on 8/29/1923

Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).