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Historical Event on 8/29/1947

A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
6/19/2000Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.