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Historical Event on 7/29/1999
Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 5/6/1971 | India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 9/30/2000 | Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
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